Hello again,
Well i went ahead with my solaris installation tonight (on my pc) and it all appeared to work ok.
Unfortunately, i am unable to use the system yet because it gives me this horrible message straight after it boots up:
"The X-server can not be started on display :0..."
It... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I've just installed solaris 10 on one of my old PC's (a 1ghz 256M PC).
I think the installation worked ok but when I reboot it I can only login via the command line console and not the nice CDE interface.
Has anyone seen this before? Its probable something simple I'm doing wrong.
... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have Solaris 8 wih Java 1.2.2 as default. I just upgraded it to Java 2 version 1.4. But when I do "java -version: I get following:
"Java version "1.2.2"
Solaris VM (build Solaris_JDK_1.2.2_05a, native threads, sunjwit)
How would I make solaris to look at my new java?
If I have to... (4 Replies)
Hello.
I have problem in Solaris 8.
I can logon cde with root there is no problem.
When I logon with normal user I am recieving black screen after 10 15 second login screen (cde pasword screen) coming again.
1 years ago we resolved same problem. We found a file It must be run with admin... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am unable to login into my terminal hosting Solaris 10 and get the below error message
"Server refused to allocate pty
ld.so.1: sh: fatal: libc.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory "
Is there anyways i can get into my machine and what kind of changes are required to be... (7 Replies)
I logon with root user, then ok, but as a user logon is not, it is the login window forever ah, wishes to receive help from members of the forum, thanks very much. (2 Replies)
Hi all
I'm busy testing auditing on Solaris 10.
I am using the syslog plugin to get real time view of what's happening on the system. Initially I am only monitoring lo events. The audit_control file looked like this:
dir:/var/audit
flags:lo
minfree:20
naflags:lo... (1 Reply)
Hello experts,
This issue has kept me busy all day long. It started off with openssl compilation which was giving linking error with following message:
/usr/local/bin/ld: target elf32-sparc not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
I tried every step possible thing that I could think... (2 Replies)
Hi folks,
How can I scan newly attached network interfaces to server without reboot?
Is there any command or something to scan without reboot.
Thanks (5 Replies)
We are having a problem with initializing Solaris 8 installed on a Sunblade 1500 after having cloned the hard disc.
(The cloning process was done in a windows environment. Not a UNIX environment.)
Immediately after the cloning process neither hard disc would boot until the format label... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: DR_RALT
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
install-solaris
install-solaris(1M)install-solaris(1M)NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system
SYNOPSIS
install-solaris
install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.
The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:
For SPARC machines:
128 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
128 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
384 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
For x86 machines:
256 MB
Minimum physical memory for all installation types
256 MB
Minimum physical memory required for windowing system
512 MB
Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation
In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea-
tures available.
install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more
details.
install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements.
Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- |
| |lation media) |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)
It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.
23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)